2022: Deploying Novel Sensor Technology and Proven Data Analytics to Assess Fugitive Emissions from the Hydrogen Supply Chain (EDF Impact Grant)
The extensive use of hydrogen is seen as a key strategy to achieve large-scale decarbonization. However, hydrogen (H2) is a potent and short-lived indirect greenhouse gas in addition to being highly flammable. H2 in the atmosphere can warm the climate indirectly by extending the lifetime of methane, triggering reactions that form tropospheric ozone, and breaking down into water vapor in the stratosphere. Researchers will assess the immediate impact on the critical societal need of assessing fugitive emissions from the hydrogen supply chain with new tools to measure hydrogen and methane emissions, as well as supply chain impacts.
Cornell Investigators: John Albertson, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Greeshma Gadikota, Civil & Environmental Engineering
EDF Investigators: Tianyi Sun and Ilissa Ocko